§ 125.32 MANDATORY PLAT REVIEW.
   125.32(A)   Application. An application for review shall be filed and processed pursuant to § 125.05(A) through (C).
   125.32(B)    Drawing Requirements. An application for review shall be accompanied by a for , the overall size of which shall be 24 inches x 36 inches, drawn at a scale no smaller than one inch = 100 feet except when a smaller scale is approved by the and the Broward County Engineering Division, Section, and which shows the following:
   125.32(B)(1)   The proposed subdivision name or identifying title. Such name shall not be the same or in any way so similar to any name appearing on any recorded in Broward County as would confuse the records or mislead the public as to the identity of the subdivision, except when an existing subdivision is subdivided as an additional unit or section by the same developer or his or her successors in title.
   125.32(B)(2)   A location sketch showing the in relation to a nearby intersection of two Arterial, collector, or other well-established existing .
   125.32(B)(3)   North arrow, scale and date.
   125.32(B)(4)   Name of the of the property or the ’s authorized agent.
   125.32(B)(5)    and blocks of adjacent recorded , giving book and page number along with names of such .
   125.32(B)(6)   All existing Streets and alleys on or adjacent to the tract, including name and width.
   125.32(B)(7)   The legal description of the property being platted.
   125.32(B)(8)   All existing easements and within the limits with the purpose and the instrument of record labeled.
   125.32(B)(9)   Location and width of all proposed Ultimate , alleys, easements; proposed lines with dimensions, public areas, and parcels of land proposed or reserved for public .
   125.32(B)(10)   If the abuts a , proposed points of access to the .
   125.32(B)(11)   Access to a that will be utilized by the proposed .
   125.32(B)(12)   Space for signature of the Broward County Mayor.
   125.32(B)(13)   Space for signature of the Broward County Administrator.
   125.32(B)(14)   Space for   and Engineering Division Director’s signature and seal.
   125.32(B)(15)   Space for signature of the City Mayor and .
   125.32(B)(16)   Space for the Broward County Surveyor’s signature and seal, if applicable.
   125.32(B)(17)   Space for approval of Broward County Planning Council.
   125.32(B)(18)   Space for approval of Broward County Environmental Protection Department.
   125.32(B)(19)   The parcel encompassed by the legal description shown on the shall be clearly identified with a heavy line, and shall show dimensions, and either bearings or interior angles of said parcel with independent ties to two or more land corners, or independent ties to a recorded subdivision, and one land corner. When a case arises where it is impractical to tie to a land corner because of lost or destroyed monuments, and the parcel can be adequately surveyed independent of said land corners, then the following points will be considered acceptable as land ties: block corners, permanent reference monuments, or permanent control points from a previously recorded . The Use of these types of land ties shall be subject to approval by the Broward County Surveyor.
   125.32(B)(20)   Space for book and page number outside the border in the upper right-hand corner of each page.
   125.32(B)(21)   Space for file number, as assigned by the Broward County Development Management Division, outside the border in the lower right-hand corner of each page.
   125.32(B)(22)   Notes or legend, and any tabular data or other data pertinent to the , on each page that contains the drawing.
   125.32(B)(23)   Executed dedication and acknowledgment language.
   125.32(B)(24)   Executed mortgagee approval and acknowledgment language.
   125.32(B)(25)   Adjacent Streets.
   125.32(B)(26)   All dimensions shall be shown accurate to one-hundredth of a foot, except for riparian boundaries, which may be shown as approximate with a witness line showing complete dimension data. Rows of with the same dimensions may use ditto marks, providing the first and last in the row are appropriately dimensioned.
   125.32(B)(27)   Computation of the square footage of each and the acreage of the land proposed to be platted accurate to the nearest square foot. All survey and survey information shall be certified by a land surveyor licensed in the of Florida.
   125.32(B)(28)   At least two benchmarks referenced to the National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929 or the Broward County Vertical Network in conformity with the standards adopted by the National Ocean Survey for Third Order Vertical Control. No benchmark shall be established purporting to be based on the National Geodetic Vertical Datum or the Broward County Vertical Network unless the benchmark is certified by a surveyor licensed in the of Florida and such certification is shown on the . The benchmarks shall be of a permanent nature, easily accessible, located within, along or within 200 feet of the boundary and described by ties to the boundary. The shall list in the notes the governmental benchmark from which the benchmarks were established. Only benchmarks established by federal, , county, or municipal governments shall be acceptable as the starting benchmark.
   125.32(B)(29)   The shall show grid bearings or azimuths, with plane coordinates shown on all permanent reference monuments and all land ties where the lies within sections assigned state plane coordinates that have been recorded in the Public Records of Broward County. Coordinates may be tabulated when necessary for legibility, and must appear on each page that contains the drawing. plane coordinates shall be derived from field measurements in conformity with the Minimum Technical Standard for Land Surveying pursuant to Chapter 21, § 21HH-6, Florida Administrative Code, adopted by the Florida Board of Land Surveyors, September 1, 1981.
   125.32(B)(30)   A mathematical closure of the boundary shall not exceed three-hundredths of a foot.
   125.32(B)(31)   Copies of approved certified corner records shall be submitted to the Broward County Land Surveyor prior to recordation, unless approved certified corner records are on file with the of Florida Department of Natural Resources pursuant to F.S. Chapter 177, Part III.
   125.32(B)(32)   The Surveyor’s Certificate shall state conformity with:
   125.32(B)(32)(a)   F.S. Chapter 177.
   125.32(B)(32)(b)   National Geodetic Vertical Datum (NGVD) and National Ocean Survey Third Order Control Standards.
   125.32(B)(32)(c)   Applicable sections of Chapter 21, § HH-6, Florida Administrative Code.
   125.32(B)(33)   Space for approval of drainage district, special improvement district, or taxing district, as applicable.
   125.32(B)(34)   Such other information as required by the .
   125.32(C)   Procedural requirements.
   125.32(C)(1)(a)   The agencies shall prepare comments and forward such staff report to the . A final development review report shall be issued at a regularly scheduled development review meeting.
   125.32(C)(1)(b)   Upon approval of the final by the reviewing agencies and receipt of the Broward County Development Review Report, the final will be scheduled for the next available meeting.
   125.32(C)(2)   Prior to recording the an shall furnish the with a digital file in a format compatible with the ’s GIS/CAD system according to the following guidelines:
   125.32(C)(2)(a)   If the is prepared utilizing a CAD/GIS or other automated system capable of exporting a “DXF” file, then the file submitted must contain all the line and text data utilized in the preparation of the final document, as submitted and as amended; or
   125.32(C)(2)(b)   If the is prepared by hand drafting but utilizes a coordinate geometry (COGO) computer program in the calculation of the parcel or parcels, then the file submitted must contain the coordinate values, point numbers, distance and direction of all lines, arcs, and radius points utilized in finalizing the document for recordation, as submitted and as amended; or
   125.32(C)(2)(c)   If the is prepared without the use of any of the above, then an affidavit to that effect must be submitted and signed by the surveyor of record whose name appears on the face of the .
   125.32(C)(3)   Any being submitted in the in which state plane coordinates are being used to identify permanent reference monuments (PRM) shall use the most current datum and adjustment (as of the date of this ordinance the NAD 83 with the 1990 adjustment).
   125.32(D)   Depiction of non-contiguous parcels of land. A may not depict or include non-contiguous parcels of land except in the following cases:
   125.32(D)(1)   Parcels may be separated by a for a , road, railroad, or .
   125.32(D)(2)   Parcels may be separated by a waterbody or watercourse which does not exceed 300 feet.
   125.32(E)    subdivisions. No application for a for the of a unit shall be granted unless a including has been approved by the . This provision shall not apply to those units specified in § 125.30.
(Ord. 2010-21, passed 10-4-2010)